
Mark Todd KNZM CBE
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Sir Mark Todd is among New Zealand’s most celebrated sportsmen with two Olympic gold (Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988) and three bronze medals (Seoul 1988, Sydney 2000 and London 2012), and every other major title available to him in the sport of three-day eventing.
His Olympic career has been outstanding. First chosen for the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980, he went on to compete in seven Olympic Games between 1984 and 2012. By the time he was competing in London 2012, he was 56 years old, and the second-oldest New Zealander to have competed at an Olympics.
Endorsing his international reputation as a superb horseman, he was voted the Event Rider of the 20th Century by the International Equestrian Federation in 2000. He is a four-time winner at Badminton and a five-time winner at Burghley.